Siobhan Brett

Maine Voices: Opening health care coverage to immigrants can be a rising tide

by Patty Carriere From the Press Herald April 20, 2023April 19, 2023

Immigrant communities pay handsomely into our health care system only to have no access to it. Maine can do better.

Commentary: Saving Maine’s year-round communities demands a joint effort

by Linda Nelson From the Press Herald April 19, 2023April 18, 2023

In Stonington, as in many towns across the state, the need for housing requires us to slow, stop and reverse the loss of control of properties to those who neither vote nor reside here.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Farmworkers deserve same rights as other workers

by Cynthia Phinney and Garrett Stewart From the Press Herald April 19, 2023April 18, 2023

Their back-breaking labor puts food on our tables and still they are treated like second-class citizens. Two bills before the state Legislature aim to change that.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: What’s really needed to address Maine’s educator shortages

by Grace Leavitt From the Press Herald April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

At the root of every solution to the dearth of teachers is something simple: respect.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Gov. Mills seeks to perpetuate Maine control of Wabanaki nations

by John Dieffenbacher-Krall From the Press Herald April 18, 2023April 18, 2023

The type of progress sought by Gov. Mills in tribal-state relations is anything but.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Should the U.S. put limits on TikTok? Probably. But not like this

by Trevor Corson From the Telegram April 17, 2023April 14, 2023

Born out of mounting fear of surveillance by foreign adversaries, the RESTRICT Act – currently making its way through Congress – would restrict much, much more than it needs to.